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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1991
ON
PROFESSION HAD AN TEACHERS,
TEACHING MR CHAN SAID THE
THROUGH ABSOLUTELY PIVOTAL ROLE TO PLAY IN BRINGING ABOUT AND SEEING THE QUALITATIVE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE MUST "IF OUR TEACHERS ARE TO BE EQUIPPED FOR THIS ROLE,
TEACHER EDUCATION, PROVIDE THEM WITH THE RIGHT MIX OF PRE-SERVICE INDUCTION SUPPORT AND IN-SERVICE TRAINING.
ALL
"THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IS NOW TAKING A FUNDAMENTAL LOOK
TRAINING AND PREPARATION,
PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS OF TEACHER
AT
DEVELOPMENT.
"OBVIOUSLY
I
CANNOT
ANTICIPATE
THE
COMMISSION'S
THE
THAT RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT I CAN SAY THAT GOOD PROGRESS IS BEING MADE,
THE PAST, COMMISSION HAS LISTENED TO MANY VIEWS AND THAT, AS IN
ON THE COMMISSION'S THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD PUBLIC CONSULTATION REPORT WHEN IT IS COMPLETED, HE SAID.
-
AND
"WHERE A BREATHTAKING EXPANSION TURNING TO TERTIARY EDUCATION
SEVERAL PROGRAMME
TRAIN" - MR CHAN SAID
MEMBERS HAD DRAWN IS IN ATTENTION TO THE NEED FOR THE EXPANSION TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED CAREFULLY MANAGED, AND FOR MAINTAINING THE BALANCE OF DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.
HE
AT
EXPANSION
THE EXTENT,
TERTIARY TO A LARGE SAID THAT PROGRAMME WAS A NATURAL CONSEQUENCE OF THE EXPANSION IN SCHOOL
THE MANPOWER OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS. AT THE SAME TIME, CLEARLY SHOWED THE NEED FOR A GREATLY INCREASED OUTPUT OF GRADUATES BY 1996 AND BEYOND, IF WE WERE TO ENJOY SUSTAINED GROWTH.
PLACES
FORECAST UNIVERSITY ECONOMIC
TERTIARY EXPANSION TARGETS HAD BEEN WORKED OUT WITH THE ADVICE OF THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNICS GRANTS COMMITTEE, CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.
EXPERT AND IN
FOR EXAMPLE, THE
REPRESENTS
"WE BELIEVE THEY ARE ENTIRELY REALISTIC. TARGET OF 15,000 FIRST-YEAR FIRST-DEGREE PLACES BY 1994-95 JUST 84% OF THE PROJECTED NUMBER OF MATRICULANTS IN THAT YEAR.
QUALIFYING THROUGH **THE
FACT THAT THE NUMBER OF MATRICULANTS THIS YEAR'S A-LEVEL EXAMINATION WAS WITHIN 2% OF THE FORECAST WE MADE A SOUND STATISTICAL TWO YEARS AGO SUGGESTS THAT OUR PLANNING HAS BASIS." HE SAID.
THAT
MR CHAN SAID HE ACCEPTED THAT CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT CHANGE.
EYE ON ALL WAS WHY HIS BRANCH AND THE UPGC WERE KEEPING A CLOSE
BASED ON RELEVANT FACTORS, INCLUDING REVISED POPULATION PROJECTIONS
SO THE LATEST CENSUS AND THE PLANNED EXPANSION OF SIXTH FORM PLACES,
IN 1993-94 THE UPGC THAT THEY COULD STEER THE EXPANSION SENSIBLY. WOULD CONDUCT A MAJOR REVIEW OF PROGRESS AND ADVISE ON THE NEXT STEPS.
MR CHAN SAID THAT THIS YEAR THE SEVEN UPGC-FUNDED FILLED ABOUT 10,500 FIRST-YEAR FIRST-DEGREE
INSTITUTIONS
PLACES, COMPARED WITH
8,500
SHOWED
PLACES LAST YEAR. PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM
BEEN FILLED THESE ALL THAT
PLACES
HAD
APPLICANTS.
THE INSTITUTIONS WITH QUALIFIED
/HE SAID